You might want to consider producing a one-hour executive summary that could be tailored for various user group meetings to drum up demand for the full course, as well.
faa -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel J Pezely Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Gardeners] creating a lisp seminar A funny thing happened along the way to resurrecting a local Lisp group in Seattle... Programmers here want training, and software development managers need answers to the usual questions about minimizing risk, where to find future employees, etc. Then an idea came while talking with a friend in Europe: Create a local seminar with programmer versus business tracks. I'd like to create a Lisp seminar in Seattle, and if all goes well, perhaps it might be repeated in other cities. Materials generated and compiled for this would be useful to the Lisp community at large, hence the connection to CL Gardeners. But first things first: What would you like to see in such a conference? I think a 1 or 2 day deal would be good. Various levels of training, much like an interactive version of the various Lisp movies as well as a crash-course for those looking for something to complement available books and comp.lang.lisp. Also, address deeper topics: forums on porting/portability, optimization, mixed language settings, etc. but from the perspective of programmers at bottom of the food chain. And that's why I'm posting to the Gardeners list... I'd like your opinions prior to contacting an event management group. No, this isn't to replace the International Lisp Meetings. Each serves a different purpose, a different crowd. This is more for the cross-over programmer and dev managers who want to be on the leading edge. Yes, it's a lot of work. I've helped with producing niche events at SIGGRAPH, NAB and others as well as having been the token programmer in an expo booth at various conferences. So... I have a good idea of what I'm getting myself into here. And who am I? I've been programming professionally for 20 years, started with Lisp in the mid-1980's and recently returned to it. I've done free-lance, contract and employee modes of work. I've contributed to historically significant business plans and wrote software for civil engineering, R&D in early days of non-military VR, systems work on Wall Street financial district/NYC and gone deep into crypto applications. I've worked for large three letter companies and mom & pop shops alike. But... I still have more to learn, and a seminar seems like a good way to help others along the way. -Daniel -- @pezely. com US+(206)250-9830 _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
